So much for an internal personnel matter

By ALEXANDER BURNS

04/17/2012 07:06 PM EDT

North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue, after telling reporters to "get over it" earlier today, calls this evening for the resignation of the Democratic Party chairman whose team has been plunged into scandal:

Gov. Bev Perdue asked the state Democratic Party chairman to resign Tuesday evening as an avalanche of other top party officials called for his ouster after revelations that he authorized a secret settlement agreement to pay a former staffer to keep quiet about sexual harassment allegations.

“I have spoken with David Parker several times today and told him that he had lost the confidence of Democratic leaders, and I asked him to step aside for the good of the Party,” she said in a statement.

For the purposes of state and national Democrats, it would be helpful to get past this episode as quickly as possible -- an imperative that doesn't seem to be of particular concern to Parker.